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* Dominique tries to damage her fireplace as an excuse to get the quarry worker she's lusting after into her house, but she only succeeds in scratching the marble a little bit. Nevertheless, she finds the worker and tells him she has a slab of marble that's broken and needs to be replaced. When Roark comes and sees it, he calmly takes a hammer and wedge to it.
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].
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* Dominique tries to damage her fireplace as an excuse to get the quarry worker she's lusting after into her house, but she only succeeds in scratching the marble a little bit. Nevertheless, she finds the worker and tells him she has a slab of marble that's broken and needs has to be replaced. When Roark comes and sees it, he calmly takes a hammer and wedge to it.
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken andneeds has to be replaced]].replaced]].
** She expects him to bring and install the new piece of marble himself, but he tweaks her by sending one of the other quarry workers to do it instead.
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and
** She expects him to bring and install the new piece of marble himself, but he tweaks her by sending one of the other quarry workers to do it instead.
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* Roark and Mike wage some hilariously awesome SnarkToSnarkCombat, when they meet for the first time.
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* Roark and Mike wage some hilariously awesome SnarkToSnarkCombat, when they meet for the first time.time while Mike is trying to bend conduits around a beam.
--> '''Mike''': Well, what's the matter, Bricktop?
--> '''Mike''': Well, what's the matter, Bricktop?
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** Followed by a small moment of straight-up awesome when Roark cuts a hole through the beam for the conduits, earning Mike's everlasting respect.
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--> '''Roark''': Because you're a good sculptor.
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--> '''Roark''': Because you're a good sculptor.{{sculptor|s}}.
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* Wynand calling out Toohey when he finds out Steven Mallory sculpted Dominique's statue:
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* Wynand calling out Toohey when he finds out Steven Mallory sculpted Dominique's statue:[[{{Sculptures}} statue]]:
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-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].
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-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].replaced]].
* Gail Wynand has ''way'' too much fun with Toohey, when the latter tries to sell him on hiring Peter Keating.
-->'''Wynand:''' But Mr. Toohey, why should I consider your opinion?
-->'''Toohey:''' ''(provoked)'' Well, after all, I ''am'' your architectural expert!
-->'''Wynand:''' My dear Mr. Toohey, don't confuse me with my readers.
-->''(Toohey finally admits to his real strategy: to get Wynand to meet with "Mrs. Peter Keating" (Dominique), who will do the actual persuading.)''
-->'''Wynand:''' Why should I wish to discuss this matter with Mrs. Peter Keating?
-->'''Toohey:''' Because she is an extremely beautiful woman and an exceedingly difficult one.
-->'''Wynand:''' ''(laughs out loud)'' Really, Mr. Toohey, I owe you an apology if, by allowing my tastes to become so well-known I caused you to be so crude. But I had no idea that among your many other humanitarian activities you were also a pimp.
* Gail Wynand has ''way'' too much fun with Toohey, when the latter tries to sell him on hiring Peter Keating.
-->'''Wynand:''' But Mr. Toohey, why should I consider your opinion?
-->'''Toohey:''' ''(provoked)'' Well, after all, I ''am'' your architectural expert!
-->'''Wynand:''' My dear Mr. Toohey, don't confuse me with my readers.
-->''(Toohey finally admits to his real strategy: to get Wynand to meet with "Mrs. Peter Keating" (Dominique), who will do the actual persuading.)''
-->'''Wynand:''' Why should I wish to discuss this matter with Mrs. Peter Keating?
-->'''Toohey:''' Because she is an extremely beautiful woman and an exceedingly difficult one.
-->'''Wynand:''' ''(laughs out loud)'' Really, Mr. Toohey, I owe you an apology if, by allowing my tastes to become so well-known I caused you to be so crude. But I had no idea that among your many other humanitarian activities you were also a pimp.
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* Roark's introduction to Steve Mallory has the latter as a pretty comical drunk, albeit in BlackComedy fashion.
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* Roark's introduction to Steve Mallory has the latter as a pretty comical drunk, albeit in BlackComedy fashion. Bonus points for SnarkToSnarkCombat:
--> '''Mallory''': You can speak normal. [[BlatantLies I'm not drunk.]] Not all the way. I understand.
--> '''Roark''': Well?
--> '''Mallory''': Why did you pick me.
--> '''Roark''': Because you're a good sculptor.
--> '''Mallory''': That's not true.
--> '''Roark''': That you're good?
--> '''Mallory''': No. That it's your reason. Who asked you to hire me?
--> '''Roark''': No one.
--> '''Mallory''': Some woman I laid?
--> '''Roark''': I don't know any women you laid.
--> '''Mallory''': Stuck on your building budget?
--> '''Roark''': No. The budget's unlimited.
--> '''Mallory''': Feel sorry for me?
--> '''Roark''': No. Why should I?
--> '''Mallory''': Want to get publicity out of that shooting-Toohey business?
--> '''Roark''': Good God, no!
--> '''Mallory''': You can speak normal. [[BlatantLies I'm not drunk.]] Not all the way. I understand.
--> '''Roark''': Well?
--> '''Mallory''': Why did you pick me.
--> '''Roark''': Because you're a good sculptor.
--> '''Mallory''': That's not true.
--> '''Roark''': That you're good?
--> '''Mallory''': No. That it's your reason. Who asked you to hire me?
--> '''Roark''': No one.
--> '''Mallory''': Some woman I laid?
--> '''Roark''': I don't know any women you laid.
--> '''Mallory''': Stuck on your building budget?
--> '''Roark''': No. The budget's unlimited.
--> '''Mallory''': Feel sorry for me?
--> '''Roark''': No. Why should I?
--> '''Mallory''': Want to get publicity out of that shooting-Toohey business?
--> '''Roark''': Good God, no!
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--> '''Dominique''':
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* Dominique and Roark's first pillow-talk session gets pretty cute, pretty quick:
--> '''Roark''': You're very lovely, Dominique.
--> '''Dominique''': [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Don't.]]
--> '''Roark''': You're lovely.
--> '''Dominique''': Roark, I...I'll still want to destroy you.
--> '''Roark''': [[BestHerToBedHer Do you think I would want you if you didn't?]]
--> '''Dominique''': [[OhCrap Roark....]]
--> '''Roark''': You want to hear it again? Part of it? I want you, Dominique. I want you. I want you.
--> '''Dominique''': [[CannotSpitItOut I...]]
--> '''Roark''': No. Not yet. You won't say that yet. Go to sleep.
--> '''Dominique''': Here? With you?
--> '''Roark''': Here. With me. I'll fix breakfast for you in the morning. Did you know that I fix my own breakfast? You'll like seeing that. Like the work in the quarry. Then you'll go home and think about destroying me. Good night, Dominique.
--> '''Dominique''':
--> '''Roark''': You're very lovely, Dominique.
--> '''Dominique''': [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Don't.]]
--> '''Roark''': You're lovely.
--> '''Dominique''': Roark, I...I'll still want to destroy you.
--> '''Roark''': [[BestHerToBedHer Do you think I would want you if you didn't?]]
--> '''Dominique''': [[OhCrap Roark....]]
--> '''Roark''': You want to hear it again? Part of it? I want you, Dominique. I want you. I want you.
--> '''Dominique''': [[CannotSpitItOut I...]]
--> '''Roark''': No. Not yet. You won't say that yet. Go to sleep.
--> '''Dominique''': Here? With you?
--> '''Roark''': Here. With me. I'll fix breakfast for you in the morning. Did you know that I fix my own breakfast? You'll like seeing that. Like the work in the quarry. Then you'll go home and think about destroying me. Good night, Dominique.
--> '''Dominique''':
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--> '''Cameron''': How much money have you got left?
--> '''Roark''': Seventeen dollars and thirty cents.
--> '''Roark''': Seventeen dollars and thirty cents.
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--> '''Roark:''' You're wasting your time.
--> '''Mike''': Yeah?
--> '''Roark''': Yeah.
--> '''Mike''': Yeah?
--> '''Roark''': Yeah.
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* Roark's introduction to Steve Mallory has the latter as a pretty comical drunk, albeit in BlackComedy fashion.
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* Roark's totally deadpan reactions to boss-to-be Hank Cameron's raging interrogations when they first meet.
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* Roark's totally deadpan reactions to boss-to-be Hank Henry Cameron's raging interrogations when they first meet.meet.
** The best moment comes right at the end, when Cameron hires him:
--> '''Cameron''': I'm perfectly happy with the drooling dolts I've got here, who never had anything and never will have and it makes no difference what becomes of them. [[BlatantLies That's all I want.]] Why did you have to come here? You're setting out to ruin yourself, you know that, don't you? And I'll help you do it. I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an [[InsufferableGenius insufferable egotist]]. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I'd have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure. You're coming to work here tomorrow at nine o'clock sharp.
--> '''Roark''': [[FlatYes Yes.]]
** The best moment comes right at the end, when Cameron hires him:
--> '''Cameron''': I'm perfectly happy with the drooling dolts I've got here, who never had anything and never will have and it makes no difference what becomes of them. [[BlatantLies That's all I want.]] Why did you have to come here? You're setting out to ruin yourself, you know that, don't you? And I'll help you do it. I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an [[InsufferableGenius insufferable egotist]]. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I'd have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure. You're coming to work here tomorrow at nine o'clock sharp.
--> '''Roark''': [[FlatYes Yes.]]
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* Roark and Mike wage some hilariously awesome SnarkToSnarkCombat, when they meet for the first time.
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* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the [[StealthInsult Stealth Compliments]] in Dominque's article about the Enright House.
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* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the [[StealthInsult Stealth Compliments]] in Dominque's Dominique's article about the Enright House.
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* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the {{Stealth Compliment}}s in Dominque's article about the Enright House.
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* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the {{Stealth Compliment}}s [[StealthInsult Stealth Compliments]] in Dominque's article about the Enright House.
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* Peter Keating's reactions to Dominique's two {{Sarcastic Confession}}s when he asks her whom she slept with before him.
* Wynand's response to the "We Don't Read Wynand" campaign -- a bumper sticker that says "We Don't Either."
* Wynand calling out Toohey when he finds out Steven Mallory sculpted Dominique's statue:
-->'''Wynand:''' Ellsworth, have so many people tried to kill you that [[ButForMeItwasTuesday you can't remember their names]]?
* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the {{Stealth Compliment}}s in Dominque's article about the Enright House.
* Dominique tries to damage her fireplace as an excuse to get the quarry worker she's lusting after into her house, but she only succeeds in scratching the marble a little bit. Nevertheless, she finds the worker and tells him she has a slab of marble that's broken and needs to be replaced. When Roark comes and sees it, he calmly takes a hammer and wedge to it.
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].
* Wynand's response to the "We Don't Read Wynand" campaign -- a bumper sticker that says "We Don't Either."
* Wynand calling out Toohey when he finds out Steven Mallory sculpted Dominique's statue:
-->'''Wynand:''' Ellsworth, have so many people tried to kill you that [[ButForMeItwasTuesday you can't remember their names]]?
* Howard's description of Roger Enright uncovering the {{Stealth Compliment}}s in Dominque's article about the Enright House.
* Dominique tries to damage her fireplace as an excuse to get the quarry worker she's lusting after into her house, but she only succeeds in scratching the marble a little bit. Nevertheless, she finds the worker and tells him she has a slab of marble that's broken and needs to be replaced. When Roark comes and sees it, he calmly takes a hammer and wedge to it.
-->'''Roark:''' ''Now'' [[IronicEcho it's broken and needs to be replaced]].
